Cross is playing in the U20's on Saturday. Hopefully O'Carroll will also feature in that game. www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... &type=news

Cross is playing in the U20's on Saturday. Hopefully O'Carroll will also feature in that game. www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... &type=news

I find it funny when people ignore his performances this season and just say “state of origin” as though that automatically means he still has the ability to be class in SL....and at least 50 percent of the people saying his been class since 2003 have not seen him play in the NRL bar highlights.

Saying that his an ex SOO origin forward who played in the NRL for years so i am sure he will be a great short term signing for Wigan.

i hate to say it but the wire has a point, y does the fact hes aussie and played representative football does that make im a quality signing, whilst ignoring the fact hes been rubbish over here, no matter what rumours are around about the leeds coaching set up,

and i dont post crap i jsut dont agree with you so u think its crap!

So what do you think we should have done?

so do you really not think that coming to a new country, playing in an underperforming team with a useless coaching set up isnt a good enough reason to suggest why he's not been playing well??

It's not rumours - Leeds are all over the show this year, due to the fact their coach is utterly inept.

No-one is questioning how well Mossop has played this year, for instance. Put him in a Leeds shirt, and training under McDermott all year and he'd not be receiving the same praise.

As I said not jumping for joy. I for one though am willing to give anybody a try. Hope it turns out good, we will see end of season.

Like Odem, I didnt see the need when Prescott was fit too but now hes injured too and Fielden has apparently had a setback I can see the need for him. It doesnt help the guy that his time at Leeds has made him look average at best but a SoO player tends to have something about him so we shall see.

If it means others dont have to play carrying knocks and can be fresher at the back end of the year when it comes to the crunch im all for it.

There is no telling the wire fans this though

It is too radical to change your mind despite having new injuries to contend with!

I admit im a doubter. If it proves a masterstroke, i will be the first to hold me hands and say I was proved wrong.

90 odd games in the NRL got him rep honours. 10 games at Leeds he was poor. He might not pull up trees but we've got him for half a dozen league games, at least one cup game and however many play off games we have. I was iffy about the signing at first but as people have mentioned he brings in experience, competition and cover for injuries. We've seen we're not as effective with only 3 recognised props especially against the bigger packs and this could be a very shrewd move to counter that. And if it isnt, he wont have played many games and its no big loss to anyone.